31 Weeks

Happy New Year!!

I can't believe that it's 2011. I can't believe that we're having a baby this year. Wowza. We were SO blessed to get spend TEN days with my family before Christmas and then through New Years. AND, we got to spend New Year's Eve with my sweet friend old Morgan (my bestie in high school and Maid of Honor at our wedding!), her hubby, a couple of their friends, and my dear friend Kobi from high school. So much fun!

I've been relatively healthy throughout this pregnancy, until the week prior to Christmas, when I came down with some serious congestion. I should have known- they don't let you take any of the good drugs when you're preggers, so I lived with it and got over it in a couple of days. (Brian subsequently came down with the same stuff a few days later, and his developed into a sinus and double ear infection which he suffered with through the day AFTER Christmas. No fun.)

Then, I came down with a stomach bug on Tuesday between Christmas and New Years. Again, nothing really that you can do except let it pass. Luckily, no one seems to have caught this lovely little treasure. And, now, I'm dealing with some more congestion and yucky cough, but at least I don't feel that bad this time around...

So, I stole this little summary thingy from my friend Janet's blog... Thought I would give you the nitty gritty details of what's going on with the pregnancy... As if I ever talk about anything else... Thanks, Janet!!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 31 weeks

Size of baby: Roughly 3 1/2 lbs, about the size of four navel oranges, according to babycenter.com!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I believe I've gained about 15 lbs. thus far since the very beginning

Maternity Clothes: Duh.

Gender: Boy!! No, we have not decided on a name yet. It's a daily conversation in our house, and we try out different names every day to see how we like the ones on our top 4 list. Brian still doesn't think we've found "THE" name yet. I do, but he's not convinced...

Movement: Is a little less active this week than he was in the last few weeks. I'm assuming this is because he's getting bigger and has less room to move around. But he's still the most active after my morning half caff and right before bed.

Sleep: Oh man. With congestion AND the belly getting bigger, this is becoming more of a challenge!! I'm pretty sore when I wake up in the morning, but I'm not having to get up to go to the bathroom more than once a night (yet...)

What I miss: Sleeping comfortably with no problem at all. And wine!! Oh, Lord, do I ever miss wine!!

Cravings: Brian was just pointing out that I haven't had any really interesting cravings... I HAD to have a peach cobbler one night, and I had to have Lindsay's corn bread one night, but other than that, I've just enjoyed food in general, especially the sweet stuff!! ;-)

Symptoms: Sore pubic bones, boobs changing, sore back

Pictures from this week:



31 weeks and 3 days along!



Close up, in case you didn't really get that I'm quite large...